The Human Body
What is the longest bone in the human body?
Femur
In which country did the Chernobyl disaster happen?
Ukraine
What is used to measure speed in a car?
Speedometer
In which country was Shakespeare born?
England
Typically, how many times a day are cows milked?
2
Where would you find the smallest bones in the human body?
Ear
What year did hurricane Katrina hit?
2005
What is used to measure the intensity of an earthquak?
Richter scale
From which play is the line “beware the ides of March“ from?
Julius Caesar
Which crop failure caused famine in Ireland between 1846 and 1851?
Potato
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Tooth enamel
In 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig led to massive amounts of oil to leak into which body of water?
The Gulf of Mexico
What is acidity measured by?
Ph meter/scale
The line "To be or not to be" comes from which Shakespeare play?
Hamlet
Paddy fields are synonymous with the cultivation of which crop?
Rice
What is the rarest blood type for humans?
AB negative. Less than one percent of the population has this blood type.
What year did the Haiti Earthquake happen?
2010
What is the name of the scale used to measure spiciness of peppers?
Scoville Scale
What was the name of Shakespeare’s wife, who shares a name with a current famous actress?
Anne Hathaway
(who’s husband resembles Shakespeare)
What is the term for a female sheep?
Ewe
What is the most flexible muscle in the human body?
On December 26, 2004 a tsunami devastated which country?
Thailand
What is the weight of gold measured in?
Troy ounces
How many children did Shakespeare and his wife have?
They had three children together – a daughter called Susanna, and twins, Judith and Hamnet.
Which country is the largest producer of bananas?
India